Saturday, November 15, 2008

GBBD NOVEMBER 2008

A gentle blast of chilly air greeted me as I woke up today morning to open the door. Any trace of sleep which was there completely evaporated; winters are here, and for next couple of months I’ll wake anxiously everyday to check if the blooms are still there. Despite the impending gloom, right now there is a lot in bloom! (Please excuse my feeble attempts at poetry).
Autumn feels like a second spring as the garden still has many birds and blooms, and the temperatures are very pleasant. So as of now I can still very proudly boast of a bloom list for this GBBD as part of the monthly blooging event started by Carol at Maydreamgardens:
Celosia with Salvia in backdropCalliandra emarginata or Powder Puff
Butterfly weedDracaena in bloom, I've seen it bloom for the first timeHedychium Coronarium
Rangoon creeper or Quisqualis IndicaGladioliBouganvillea
Lemonia or Ravenia spectabilis Euphorbia milli
Yellow lantanaPoinsettia and my first set of Chrysanthemums
Kalanchoe

Nice blooms, GT!!! I love Euphorbia Milli, but I managed to kill mine, so I will not try again for now. Also love your solid colored lantana...i have a white one and a multi. Once I saw a multi that also had a blue flower mixed in, but have never seen another one...would love to have that variety!!!

Hi GB, your blooms are pretty as ever and you've captured them more beautiful. I can almost smell the scent of that rangoon creeper's flowers and I'd love to be a butterfly and drink the nectar from your yellow lantanas! Mmmmm.... Yumm...

Beautiful photos. The Calliandra emaginata flower looks identical to our Fairy Duster (C. eriophylla), but it appears the leaves are totally different. I'm not familiar with the Hedychium Coronarium but find it especially appealing.Aiyana

You have lots of lovely blooms, and it appears a new camera, too! I love your celosia and salvia combo. Celosia was a common cottage garden flower in the Caribbean when I was a child, ubiquitously called "cockcomb". It’s so rare here, now. I actually planted a packet of seeds this weekend, I hope it will grow to be lovely like yours. Your poinsettia looks picture perfect. Isn’t Rangoon creeper divine?

What a colorful post for November, Green Thumb - it's like a rainbow. We haven't had frost yet and there are flowers in my garden so I should not complain, but your powderpuff and white ginger are making me jealous. My white ginger fried this summer and didn't bloom and I miss it. And the powder puff is just so darned cute!